Activision Decathlon Was Part of a New Wave of Successful Home Video Games

 

One of the early successes for Activision was this sports game which was almost as much of a workout as the real sport.

by Rich Watson 

My first home computer was the Commodore 64. Like many kids in the eighties, I used it for playing video games, mostly from a new company called Activision.

Their Decathlon was quite a challenge.

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Let The Wookie Win When You Play The Star Wars Arcade Game

It’s an old game, but it still checks out.

by Rich Watson 

Unlike many children of my generation, I had no obsession with the Star Wars movies growing up. I saw Return of the Jedi when it came out, but for reasons that baffle me to this day, it never caught on with me the way it did with others. 

Today, Star Wars is a billion-dollar, multimedia mega-franchise owned by the largest entertainment corporation in the world. Video games inspired by the movies have long been an integral aspect of that franchise. One of the first did grab my attention.

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